diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0fc16aea62ccb1215cdaa9a48ed17a5665e03523..222f01fb3749991085b1956c5d940c8e5f93307b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ default:
     - source /opt/molecule/bin/activate
     - ansible --version
     - molecule --version
+  after_script:
+    - source /opt/molecule/bin/activate
+    - molecule destroy --scenario-name ${SCENARIO}
+
+variables:
+  SCENARIO: "default"
+  ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/molecule/${SCENARIO}/../../../lza_ingest.pass"
+  ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: 'true'
+  PY_COLORS: '1'
 
 test-job:
   stage: test
@@ -19,19 +28,18 @@ test-job:
     - "shell"
   script:
     # make sure that Ansible Vaults are present and can be decrypted
-    - echo "${VAULT_INGEST}" > ../../../lza_ingest.pass
-    - export ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE=../../../lza_ingest.pass
+    - echo "${VAULT_INGEST}" > ${ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE}
+    - export ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE="${ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE}"
     - rm -rf ../ansible_vaults/
     - git clone https://gitlab+deploy-token-25:${VAULT_ACCESS_TOKEN}@git.slub-dresden.de/slub-referat-2-3/ansible_vaults.git ../ansible_vaults/; \
     # run Molecule tests
-    - molecule syntax --scenario-name default
+    - molecule syntax --scenario-name ${SCENARIO}
     # We cannot use `molecule lint` anymore because:
     # - https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule/pull/3802 "Remove lint command"
     # - https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule/discussions/3825#discussioncomment-4908366
     - yamllint --strict --format colored ./
     - ansible-lint --format full --profile production --strict --force-color ./
-    - molecule create --scenario-name default
-    - molecule converge --scenario-name default
-    - molecule idempotence --scenario-name default
-    # - molecule verify --scenario-name default
-    - molecule destroy --scenario-name default
+    - molecule create --scenario-name ${SCENARIO}
+    - molecule converge --scenario-name ${SCENARIO}
+    - molecule idempotence --scenario-name ${SCENARIO}
+    # - molecule verify --scenario-name ${SCENARIO}